Roller-skate



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F. A. GOMBES.

ROLLER SKATE.

N0. 330,096. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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. Nrrn STATES PATENT Friend FRANK A. COMBES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

ROLLER-SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,096, d ted November 10, 1885.

Application tiled February 24, 1885. Serial No. 156,947. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK A. Corners, of Cleveland, in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Roller Skates, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the production of a roller-skate having few parts of simple construction, whereby the cost of production is reduced to the minimum.

My improvement consists in the peculiar construction of the bracket and axle, which support the rollers.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a skate having my improved brackets attached. Fig. 2 is a detached view (full size) of my improved bracket. Figs. 3 and 4 are thetwo parts constituting mybracket.

A is the foot-piece of the skate, to the under side of which are secured the aforesaid brackets.

B is a hanger in triangular form, which is provided with slots 1), through which the screws pass for securing it to the foot-piece. It also has a projection, 12 having a hole in its inner face forming a socket to receive a lug on the other part of the bracket. At the lower point of the triangle is provided a journal, (I, having an eye in the end for a pin or key.

O is an axle having a bearing-plate, E, provided at the upper end with a lug, c, and at its lower end with bearing for the journal d. Said plate E stands in a diagonal line with the foot-piece A, and nearly parallel with the slanting arm of the hanger B.

When the two parts B and O are put together, the space between them is made a little Wider at the upper part, and in this space is placed a piece of rubber, F, to provide a spring. To keep the rubber in place, the parts B C have a rib, 6, each on their inside surfaces, which embed themselves into the rubber and prevent its slipping. The object of the aforesaid rubber space, tapering as stated, is to provide for increasing or diminishing the tension of the rubber by either forcing down into the narrower part of the spaces or forcingit up into the wider part, as required. These two parts B 0 when cast are ready for use, and require no fitting. The places for the screws in the part B being slots, enables the piece to be molded and drawnfrom the molds, thus saving the drilling. The piece 0 is also cast in the same manner, the axle being cored as well as the bearing for the journal 11. A pin or key, 70, secures the two parts together.

A bearing projection, b on the bracket B, rests on the cross-piece b of plate E and upon which said bracket rocks, the side corners of said crossbar b limiting the rock of said bracket.

Having described my invention, I claim- The combination, with the foot-piece A and the rollers of a rollerskate, of the bracket and axle, consisting of the hanger B, having the slotted ears b, for securing it to the footpiece, and also provided with the socket projection b and the journal d, and the axle 0, having plate E, provided with the lug c on upper end and the journal-bearing c and the rubber spring F, all constructed and operating as described.

FRANK A. GOMBES.

Witnesses:

E. W. LAIRD, GEO. W. TIBBITTs. 

